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Critical Chat Bugs Remain Unfixed
Version 25094.310.3616.953 was just released and your still have EXTREMELY SERIOUS bugs that are still not fixed. This is disgraceful.
Chat Bugs:
Bug that makes Teams Chat Worthless:
If you set Settings, General, "Open Application in Background" two things happen:
First, When restarting Windows the tray icon does not appear.
Second (makes Teams Worthless): If you receive a chat message, there is NO notification that it arrived. There is no tray icon and even if you pin Teams to the taskbar, that also does NOT show a notification of a missed chat message. This is makes teams WORTHLESS for chats.
More Chat Bugs:
Bug 1: Read Receipts do NOT work if you have Teams installed on more than one computer. This is a serous bug that never happened with Skype.
Bug 2: The Tray icon does NOT show unread chats. This is a serous bug that never happened with Skype. Note: If your Right click on Teams and select "Pin To Taskbar", that icon will work (but not the tray icon). This assumes you do NOT select ""Open Application in Background"!
Bug 3: When set to start up in background, the tray icon does not appear.
Bug 4: Right clicking the tray icon causes Teams to crash and the tray icon to close.
Bug 5: Teams status is unreliable and frequently shows "unknown". See Screenshot.
Get your Act Together.
The new Teams app is widely perceived as a buggy festering pile of crap by a significant portion of its user base, particularly among IT professionals tasked with supporting it. While a minority report improvements, the prevailing sentiment is negative, driven by technical problems, forced migration, and inadequate support responses. Many organizations are now seeking alternatives due to the ongoing issues.